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College Humor Magazine - August, 1925 - : F. Scott Fitzgerald Short Story, Rolf Armstrong Cover

College Humor Magazine - August, 1925 -

College Humor Magazine - August, 1925: F. Scott Fitzgerald Short Story, Rolf Armstrong Cover

  • Used
This is a vintage issue of "COLLEGE HUMOR" magazine - "The Best Comedy in America." August, 1925 issue published by Collegiate World Publishing Company in Chicago. This issue features a front cover illustration by Rolf Armstrong, as well as the short story "My Old New England Farm House on the Erie" by F. SCOTT FITZGERALD. There is a second mention of Fitzgerald later in the issue - - the "Hang Over" section includes a photograph of Fitzgerald with the following caption: "F. Scott Fitzgerald, whose newest novel THE GREAT GATSBY, has been maintaining its supremacy in the best-seller class...and who is writing stories of young love for this magazine." Please see the photos for the complete list of contents.

Condition:
Heavy creasing to the covers; approximately 1" x 1" piece missing at the bottom edge of the front cover; the front cover has separated from the spine at the top edge 2" down from the top. The pages are mostly clean with no writing with the exception of a very light stain along the bottom edge of page 1, and some white staining to the last page along the top, bottom and outer edges. Page 9 has a 4" x 4" area at the top-right corner that has been clipped/removed. There are some small areas on the covers where the top layer of paper has peeled away (see photos).
  • Bookseller CraigsClassics US (US)
  • Illustrator Rolf Armstrong
  • Format/Binding Softcover
  • Book Condition Used - Good-
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Publisher Collegiate World Publishing Company
  • Place of Publication Chicago
  • Date Published 1925
  • Keywords college humor magazine, rolf armstrong, comedy, f scott fitzgerald, the great gatsby, tender is the night, this side of paradise, the beautiful and damned, the crack up, flappers and philosophers, benjamin buttons, tales of the jazz age, bernice bobs her